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The Magazine Interview: former US general Stanley McChrystal on the Iraq war, and when it’s acceptable to disobey the president

“I’d never want nuclear weapons used in a moment of emotion.” Interview by Decca Aitkenhead

STEPHEN VOSS FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE

The Sunday Times, October 28 2018, 12:01am

Lord help the poor millennial snowflake who enrols on Stanley McChrystal’s course at Yale. The retired four-star US general now teaches leadership to an elite intake of 21 students, and you’d imagine they’d know better than to show up late for class. But apparently not.

“We’re very strict about timing. It’s a shock for them. I had one last year who wandered into class late, and I publicly humiliated her. If I had gotten that from someone teaching me, I’d have been crushed. But she was just, like, ‘Oh, OK.’” He shakes his head in disbelief. “Wow. It just went right by her. Extraordinary.” The following week, she applied for a job at his company. “We didn’t hire her.”

The 64-year-old ex-super general looks just…

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